What are you hoping for when you search for something on Google? Are you looking for a site that deployed every SEO tip and trick to game their way to the top of the list? Or a site that has relevant, reliable, authoritative content? Most likely it i...

A group of Chinese-speaking pro-democracy activists sued search giant Baidu, demanding $16 million in damages for allegedly excluding their publications from search results. Their argument was simple: Baidu is infringing upon civil liberties with its...

Google Inc. will find out within weeks whether its recent offer to European Union antitrust regulators was enough to settle an almost three-year-old EU probe into the way it operates its search services. “This investigation started in November 2010, ...

Search is supposed to be the heart of Google, right? But an entrepreneur has pointed out that the search engine's site design doesn't cater much to showing organic search results these days. Aaron Harris, the cofounder of Tutorspree, explained in a b...

Yahoo unveiled a new look for its search page on Wednesday, marking the first major update to search since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO nearly a year ago. The redesign, which Yahoo describes as more "modern," introduces a cleaner look and a new nav...

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg mentioned during an interview last month that he wanted to build a search engine, headline writers instantly put leading search engine Google on notice. Yet, while Larry and Sergey are probably watching closely, ...

Around the world, search engines become a factor of daily routines, providing information and content to fuel lifestyles. Though online search is habitual in most countries, the way we search is as diverse as the people and cultures spanning the glob...

The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place. Name: Benelab Big Idea: Benelab, founded by Seattle teenager Jack Kim, is a search engin...

It's been a while, but Yahoo just made some noise again in the search business. With the release of Axis, a new search app and add-on for both iOS and desktop browsers, Yahoo aims to make browsing the Web a more visual and convenient experience. And ...

Remember how your mother used to always tell you "patience is a virtue?" It turns out none of us took her advice. Today, with lightning-speed data connections and optimized web browsers, online inquiries are answered in mere milliseconds -- that is, ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple to gather more information for its investigation into Google's business practices, according to a report by Bloomberg. The agency is especially interested in the agreements that made Google the p...

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